Jehovah’s Witness Sex Victim Awarded $13.5 Million in Civil Suit
The San Diego Union Tribune reported this week that a San Diego judge has ordered the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, the governing body of the Jehovah’s Witness church, to pay $13.5 million to Jose Lopez, who was molested in 1986 at the age of 7, by Gonzalo Campos , a...
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Estey & Bomberger, LLP Donates $100,000 to Child Advocacy Center
San Diego, CA, Nov. 3 - San Diego based law firm Estey & Bomberger, LLP, which represents victims of child molestation nationwide, is donating $100,000 to the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady's Children's Hospital-San Diego to aid in the healing process for victims of child sex abuse. "We handle a lot...
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Actor Steve Collins Reportedly Confesses to Child Molestation
The New York Police Department is conducting a criminal investigation after actor Steve Collins - best known for playing the pastor/dad on “7th Heaven” – confessed to his estranged wife that he molested and/or exposed himself to several underage girls, including a relative of his first wife and a neighbor. An NYPD official reportedly...
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South Carolina Football Coach Arrested For Having Sex With Student
PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA – NBC News has reported a former assistant football coach at Pickens High School was arrested and charged with Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and Sexual Battery with a Student. Police believe Joshua Bennett Dorr, 29, bought teenagers beer and had sex with a 17-year-old Pickens High School student...
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Louisiana Teacher Arrested for “Sexual Contact” With Underage Student
ST CHARLES PARISH -- A Destrehan High School Teacher was arrested Tuesday evening, and booked on one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, according to multiple news reports. Sheriff's authorities reported that 32-year-old Shelley S. Dufresne, 32, allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship earlier in September at a residence in Montz. Investigators learned...
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Indiana Algebra Teacher Arrested for Drinking with Underage Girls
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IN – Zachary Simpson, 27, a teacher at Cascade High School, was arrested over the weekend on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor under the age of 18. According to police, he provided alcohol to three underage girls. A mother of one of the three girls called police...
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Brooklyn Science Teacher Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges
BROOKLYN, NY -- Omil Carrasquillo, an elementary science teacher at P.S. 249 in Flatbush, was arrested Wednesday after being accused of sexually assaulting five of his female students on school property between October 31, 2013 and September 18th of this year, CBS New York reported. The alleged victims were between the ages of 9...
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Florida High School Teacher Arrested for Molestation of Student
FRANKLIN COUNTY, FL – Gerald Tate, a physical education teacher at Franklin County High School was arrested yesterday and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a student. According to the Apalachicola Times, Tate was arrested after being questioned regarding an incident that occurred during the last week of school in May 2014. The...
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San Bernardino High School Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sex with Students
SAN BERNARDINO, CA – A teacher at Indian Springs High School was arrested on Sunday on charges of having unlawful sex with two minors, one a current student, and the other a former student. The San Bernardino Sun identified the suspect as Amy Corinne Bramlett, 46, of Highland. According to the news report, last...
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Former Texas Choir Teacher Arrested in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS – Steve “Kirk” Anderson, 32, was arrested Wednesday at his home after the McKinney Police Department issued a warrant for his arrest for solicitation to commit sexual assault, KVUE ABC News reported. Anderson was previously employed by a high school in McKinney, Texas, before moving to Georgetown and working as a high...
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